“I saw the city delivering blankets to MDC — not that those people didn’t deserve them — but I wondered what the city was doing about [Rikers], which actually falls under its jurisdiction. We have a leaky roof, broken windows with garbage bags taped over them and it’s 20 degrees in here,” Winston Nguyen griped during an exclusive jailhouse interview.

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Nguyen was a home health aide — and former Jeopardy! contestant — who was behind bars for swiping more than $300,000 from an elderly couple and using the cash to pay for pricey ballet tickets and trips to Florida, authorities said.

Nguyen, who sits on the inmate council at Rikers, has an exhaustive knowledge of prison rules and policies that he uses to resolve administrative disputes among Rikers officials and inmates, ranging from laundry issues and visitation privileges to access to mail and pencils.

He said he wanted to raise his concerns on WNYC’s “The Brian Lehrer Show“ because he was a big fan of NPR.

“I know it seems like a very privileged thing to do, to go over the head of the administration and call the mayor,” said Nguyen, who then detailed his complaints about Rikers.

While he said the legislation making phone calls free for inmates is a “good start,” it may not be enough.

“The problem is the number of phones. That’s where most of the tension comes from — four phones for every 56-60 people.

“Title 40 [prison rules] says mail has to be delivered within 48 hours of reaching the facility — the problem comes with how that’s interpreted — it can sit in the trailer for a week. It’s things like this,” he said.